John Meade
USA Guide 2024
Band 2 : Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Eastern United States
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About
Provided by John Meade
Practice Areas
John is co-head of Davis Polk’s Capital Markets practice. He represents issuer and underwriter clients in public and private securities offerings, including IPOs and other equity offerings, investment-grade and high-yield debt offerings, and liability management transactions.
He also advises U.S. and non-U.S. corporations across a variety of industries on general corporate matters, including strategic and separation transactions, corporate governance, and SEC reporting and compliance matters.
He is a member of the Financial Reporting Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
Chambers Review
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John Meade maintains a broad capital markets practice, dedicated to the representation of both issuer and manager-side clients in IPOs, and other equity offerings, as well as debt issuances.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"John is an exceptional attorney all around, with an encyclopedic knowledge of capital markets and IPO processes."
"John has really good judgment and he is ahead of the changing rules. He is decisive, practical and hard-working."
"John executes complex transactions flawlessly. He has wisdom, leadership and problem solving skills and provides sophisticated, thoughtful and actionable advice."
"John is an exceptional attorney all around, with an encyclopedic knowledge of capital markets and IPO processes."
"John has really good judgment and he is ahead of the changing rules. He is decisive, practical and hard-working."
"John executes complex transactions flawlessly. He has wisdom, leadership and problem solving skills and provides sophisticated, thoughtful and actionable advice."